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Amazônicas (Conference). Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages / edited by Simon Overall, University of Otago & James Cook University ; Rosa Vallejos, University of New Mexico ; Spike Gildea, University of Oregon. — 1 online resource. — (Typological studies in language, 0167-7373). — Consists of 13 articles selected from 32 presentations at a special session on nonverbal predication at the international conference, Amazônicas V, that took place in Belém, Brazil, in May 2014. — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/1855542.pdf>.

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  • Nonverbal Predication in Amazonian Languages
  • Editorial page
  • Title page
  • LCC data
  • Table of contents
  • Chapter 1. Nonverbal predication in Amazonia: Typological and diachronic considerations
    • 1. Preliminaries
      • 1.1 Defining nonverbal predication
      • 1.2 What constitutes an Amazonian language?
    • 2. Structural properties
      • 2.1 Nonverbal predication that resembles verbal predication
      • 2.2 Nonverbal predication that is distinct from verbal predication
      • 2.3 Partially verbal copulas
      • 2.4 Alternation and suppletion
    • 3. Mapping semantic functions and structural strategies
    • 4. Diachronic development of nonverbal clauses and copulas
      • 4.1 A diachronic typology of nonverbal predication
      • 4.2 Specific diachronic changes identified in Amazonian languages
      • 4.3 Some problems of determining directionality
    • 5. This volume
      • Part I. Overviews of nonverbal predication in individual languages
      • Part II. Exploring specific subtypes of nonverbal predicates
      • Part III. Diachronic pathways to and from nonverbal predication
    • Abbreviations and conventions
    • References
  • Part I. Overviews of nonverbal predication in individual languages: Overviews of nonverbal predication in individual languages
  • Chapter 2. Nonverbal predication and the nonverbal clause type of Mojeño Trinitario
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Grammar overview
    • 3. The expression of nonverbal predication in Mojeño Trinitario
      • 3.1 Equation (or identity)
      • 3.2 Inclusion
      • 3.3 Attribution
      • 3.4 Quantification
      • 3.5 Location
      • 3.6 Temporality
      • 3.7 Existence
      • 3.8 Possession
    • 4. The nonverbal clause type of Mojeño Trinitario
      • 4.1 Properties shared with the verbal clause type
      • 4.2 Properties specific to the nonverbal clause type
    • 5. Conclusion
    • Abbreviations
    • References
  • Chapter 3. Nonverbal predication in Paresi-Haliti
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Typological approach to nonverbal predication
    • 3. Nouns, verbs and adjectives in Paresi
    • 4. Copulas tyaona and aka
    • 5. Class-membership predicates
    • 6. Possessive predicates
    • 7. Property-concept predicates
    • 8. Locational/ existential predicates
    • 9. Negation of nonverbal predicates
    • 10. Final considerations
    • Abbreviations
    • References
  • Chapter 4. Nonverbal predication in Kari’nja (Cariban, Suriname): Nonverbal predication in Kari’nja (Cariban, Suriname)
    • 1. Introduction
      • 1.1 Nonverbal predicate forms
      • 1.2 Functional categories of nonverbal predication
      • 1.3 Demographics
    • 2. Kari’nja nonverbal predication
      • 2.1 Apposition
      • 2.2 Copula
      • 2.3 Verbal copula
      • 2.4 Constructions compared
    • 3. Conclusions and future work
    • Abbreviations
    • References
  • Chapter 5. Nonverbal predicates and copula constructions in Aguaruna (Chicham)
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Clause types in Aguaruna
      • 2.1 Transitivity and grammatical relations
      • 2.2 Finiteness
    • 3. Copula clauses
    • 4. The enclitic copula construction
      • 4.1 Person and number of subject
      • 4.2 Tense and aspect
      • 4.3 Mood
      • 4.4 Polarity
      • 4.5 Non finite clause types
      • 4.6 Summary of the enclitic copula construction
    • 5. The verbless clause construction
    • 6. The verbal copula
      • 6.1 Copula and existential
      • 6.2 Other copula verbs
    • 7. Copula constructions beyond copula clauses
    • 8. Concluding comments
    • Abbreviations and conventions
    • References
  • Chapter 6. To hi or not to hi?: Nonverbal predication with and without the copula in Kotiria and Wa’ikhana (East Tukano)
    • Introduction
    • 1. The copulas hi/ihi
      • 1.1 To hi: Copular sentences with nominal predicates
      • 1.2 To hi: Copular sentences with locative predicates
      • 1.3 And still to hi: Nominalized ‘adjectival’ predicates in copular clauses
      • 1.4 Morphology with the copula
      • 1.5 Derivations from the copula
    • 2. Or not to hi: Copula alternatives
      • 2.1 Positional-locative predicates
      • 2.2 Negation of the copula and predicates of ‘non-existence’
      • 2.3 Predicate possession verbs
    • 3. To hi, not to hi, or to ni! – the East Tukano copula as an auxiliary
    • 4. Summary and concluding remarks
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • References
  • Chapter 7. Between verb and noun: Exploration into the domain of nonverbal predication in Ecuadorian Secoya
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Verb inflection, insubordination, and nominalization
    • 3. Predicative means in nonverbal predication
      • 3.1 Particle copula -a-
      • 3.2 Locative-existential copula verb p̰aɁi-
      • 3.3 Affiliation participle a-
      • 3.4 Attributive participle kɨ’i-
    • 4. Concluding remarks
    • Acknowledgements
    • Glosses and abbreviations
    • References
  • Chapter 8. Nonverbal predication in Movima
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Outline of Movima basic clause structure
    • 3. Distinguishing verbal from nonverbal predicates: The marking of embedded predicates
    • 3. Distinguishing verbal from nonverbal predicates: The marking of embedded predicates
    • 4. Nominal predicates
      • 4.1 Equational clauses
      • 4.2 Reduplicated nouns as possessive predicates
    • 5. Other nonverbal predicates
      • 5.1 Demonstrative predicates
      • 5.2 Locative adverbs as predicates
      • 5.3 The negative copula
    • 6. Pronominal predicates
      • 6.1 Personal pronouns as stand-alone predicates
      • 6.2 Pronominal predicates with an adverbial clause
      • 6.3 Pronominal predicates with a bare content word: The pronominal construction
      • 6.3 Pronominal predicates with a bare content word: The pronominal construction
    • 7. Conclusion
    • Acknowledgements
    • Symbols and abbreviations
    • References
  • Chapter 9. Nonverbal predication in Ninam (northern Brazil): Nonverbal predication in Ninam (northern Brazil)
    • 1. Introduction
      • 1.1 Basic sentence structure
      • 1.2 Verb classes
    • 2. Nonverbal predication
      • 2.1 Nonverbal predicates with a copula
      • 2.2 Nonverbal clauses
    • 3. Status of adjectives as a distinct word class
    • 4. Concluding remarks
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • References
  • Part II. Exploring specific subtypes of nonverbal predicates: Exploring specific subtypes of nonverbal predicates
  • Chapter 10. Locative, existential and possessive predication in the Chaco: Nivaĉle (Mataguayan) and Pilagá (Guaykuruan)
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Nivaĉle preliminaries
      • Determiner phrase
      • Predicate phrase
    • 3. The Nivaĉle locative predication construction
    • 4. Nivaĉle existential constructions
    • 5. Nivaĉle possessive predication constructions
      • 5.1 type i possessive predication construction (Heine’s Genitive schema)
      • 5.2 type ii possessive predication construction (Heine’s Goal schema)
      • 5.3 negative possessive predication construction
      • 5.4 Bi-clausal be.at construction
    • 6. Pilagá nonverbal predications
    • 7. The Pilagá affirmative locative predication construction
    • 8. The Pilagá affirmative existential construction
    • 9. Pilagá affirmative possessive predication constructions
    • 10. Pilagá negative constructions
    • 11. Conclusions and contact issues
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • References
  • Chapter 11. Possessive semantic relations and construction types in Kukama-Kukamiria: Possessive semantic relations and construction types in Kukama-Kukamiria
    • 1. The Kukama-Kukamirias
      • 1.1 Ownership among the Kukama-Kukamirias
      • 1.2 The language and the data
    • 2. Semantic possession relations and construction types
    • 3. Possession in Kukama-Kukamiria
      • 3.1 Equative construction
      • 3.2 Existential constructions
    • 4. Summary and conclusions
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • References
  • Part III. Diachronic pathways to and from nonverbal predication: Diachronic pathways to and from nonverbal predication
  • Chapter 12. Constructions with has(a) in Wampis
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Brief background of the Wampis language
    • 3. Copular constructions in Wampis
    • 4. The verb has(a) in Wampis
    • 5. On the diachrony of has(a) ‘become’
    • 6. The form and meaning of has(a) in Wampis
      • 6.1 has(a) as a verb
      • 6.2 Particularities and restrictions of has(a)
    • 7. Has as a particle: NP/ADJP has V
    • 8. Further developments of has
      • 8.1 The construction NP NP/AdjP has
      • 8.2 Temporal and locational uses of has
    • 9. Conclusions
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • References
  • Chapter 13. Evidence for the development of action nominals in Awetí towards ergatively-marked predicates: Evidence for the development of action nominals in Awetí towards ergatively-marked predicates
    • 1 Introduction
    • 2. Predicate nominal clauses
    • 3. Verbal clauses
    • 4. Action nominal constructions (ANCs)
      • 4.1 Morphological form
      • 4.2 Argument structure of ANCs
      • 4.3 Use of ANCs inside the NP
    • 5. ANCs as main clause predicates
    • 6. Development of ANCs in main clause function towards verbal function
    • 7. Discussion
    • Abbreviations
    • References
  • Chapter 14. Reconstructing the copulas and nonverbal predicate constructions in Cariban
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Syntax of nonverbal predicates in the Cariban family
      • 2.1 The juxtaposition construction: NP predicates with no copula
      • 2.2 Copular constructions: Adverbial predicates (PP or Adverb)
      • 2.3 Existential constructions
      • 2.4 Other constructions that use the copula (in more of an auxiliary function)
    • 3. Morphology of copulas in the Cariban family
      • 3.1 Reconstructing three inflections with *a/*ap ‘cop1’
      • 3.2 Reconstructing *eti ‘dwell’ > ‘cop2’
      • 3.3 Looking for more cognates: Relic zones
    • 4. A first approximation of the story of copular innovation in Cariban
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • References
    • Appendix. Copular paradigms in selected Cariban languages
  • Index

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